Book Review
My Life in Paper
by Meg Nola
Beth Kephart’s memoir-in-essays contemplates paper in its many forms, including its emotional, historical, and tangible impacts. With cohesive eloquence, the book details how paper defines mundane aspects of everyday life: it is there...
Book Review
Marty Glickman
by Meg Nola
Jeffrey S. Gurock’s "Marty Glickman" is an encompassing biography of the athlete, sportscaster, and mentor. Born in 1917, Glickman grew up in New York’s Bronx and Brooklyn neighborhoods. A star high school athlete, he was recruited...
Book Review
A Nimble Arc
by Meg Nola
In "A Nimble Arc", art historian and educator Emilie Boone shifts focus from photographer James Van Der Zee’s renowned Harlem Renaissance work to his role in documenting and advancing “quotidian” Black American life. Van Der Zee...
Book Review
Lost Seeds
by Meg Nola
"Lost Seeds" is a piquing novel that addresses various facets of historical racism. In Teresa Mosley Sebastian’s gripping historical novel "Lost Seeds", two brothers choose different paths to move beyond their family’s tragic legacy...
Book Review
A Woman's Guide to Search & Rescue
by Meg Nola
Two sisters form an unexpected bond in the formidable Adirondacks in the beautiful novel A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue. In Mary Carroll Moore’s novel A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue, estranged half-sisters reconnect and...
Book Review
The Collected Short Stories of Bharati Mukherjee
by Meg Nola
"The Collected Short Stories of Bharati Mukherjee" compiles the shorter works of the South Asian American author, showcasing Mukherjee’s exquisite flow of language and diverse range. Born to a Bengali Brahmin family, Mukherjee left...
Book Review
Punk Art History
by Meg Nola
In "Punk Art History", Danish art historian Marie Arleth Skov explores punk culture’s influence on the art of the 1970s. The book crystallizes the troubled social climate behind the punk movement—a malaise of urban decay and stagnant...
Book Review
Jewish Sunday Schools
by Meg Nola
Laura Yares’s "Jewish Sunday Schools" is a complex survey of Jewish immigrant religious education that notes its influence on society. The book details the concerns of early nineteenth-century Jewish American communities regarding the...